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DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES |
| FACT SHEET |
| CHILD WELFARE
SERVICES - APRIL 2011 |
| (Click on web
links to view 12-month data for each category) |
| EMERGENCY RESPONSE REFERRALS |
| Evaluated Out |
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2,298 |
| In-Person
Response |
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12,023 |
| Referral Children With Allegation
Disposed |
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2,368 |
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| Referral Children With Allegation
Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation |
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9,655 |
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| Total Referral Children Received during
Month |
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14,321 |
| REFERRAL CHILDREN
RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE |
| Sexual Abuse |
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1,345 |
9.4% |
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Exploitation |
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12 |
0.1% |
| Physical
Abuse |
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3,168 |
22.1% |
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Caretaker Absence/Incapacity |
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212 |
1.5% |
| Severe
Neglect |
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268 |
1.9% |
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At Risk, Sibling Abuse |
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3,626 |
25.3% |
| General
Neglect |
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4,042 |
28.2% |
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Total |
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14,321 |
100.0% |
| Emotional
Abuse |
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1,648 |
11.5% |
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| IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD
(CHILDREN) AS OF APRIL 30, 2011 |
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In-Home and Out-of-Home Services Caseload |
* Adoption Services Caseload |
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Emergency
Response (Open Services Cases) |
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959 |
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5 |
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Family
Maintenance |
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14,132 |
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52 |
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Under 12
Months |
12,903 |
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Over 12
Months |
1,229 |
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Family
Reunification |
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9,026 |
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1,178 |
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Under 18
Months |
8,229 |
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Over 18
Months |
797 |
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Permanent
Placement |
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10,644 |
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3,619 |
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Total
Children Receiving Child Welfare Services |
34,761 |
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4,854 |
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* Adoption services caseload represents children in
in-home and out-of-home services caseload receiving adoption services. |
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| CHILD
CHARACTERISTICS |
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CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT |
| Age |
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Relative/Non-Relative Extended Family Member Home |
7,600 |
| Birth - 2 Years |
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6,652 |
19.1% |
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Foster
Family Home |
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1,224 |
| 3 - 4 Years |
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4,326 |
12.4% |
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Foster
Family Agency Certified Home |
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5,443 |
| 5 - 9 Years |
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8,407 |
24.2% |
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Small
Family Home |
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69 |
| 10 - 13 Years |
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6,248 |
18.0% |
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Group
Home |
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1,061 |
| 14 - 15 Years |
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3,552 |
10.2% |
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Other (County Shelter, Tribal, and Court Specified Homes) |
28 |
| 16 - 17 Years |
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3,921 |
11.3% |
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Total
Out-of-Home Placement |
15,425 |
| 18 Years & Older |
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1,655 |
4.8% |
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Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement |
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185 |
| Age Total |
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34,761 |
100.0% |
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Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized |
858 |
| Gender |
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Guardian
Home |
2,260 |
| Male |
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17,151 |
49.3% |
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Total Placement (Includes
NFC Placement, Adoptive |
18,728 |
| Female |
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17,610 |
50.7% |
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Home, and Guardian Home) |
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| Gender Total |
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34,761 |
100.0% |
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NOTE: In the
above, 1,377children received D Rate and 441 received F Rate care. |
| Ethnicity |
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| White |
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4,131 |
11.9% |
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FOSTER CARE RESOURCES |
| Hispanic |
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19,713 |
56.7% |
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| African
American |
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9,818 |
28.2% |
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Homes |
Beds |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
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580 |
1.7% |
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Foster Homes ** |
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932 |
2,370 |
| American
Indian/Alaskan Native |
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144 |
0.4% |
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Foster Family Agency
Homes (self-report) |
3,699 |
10,368 |
| Filipino |
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201 |
0.6% |
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In Los Angeles County |
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2,574 |
6,970 |
| Other |
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174 |
0.5% |
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Out-of-County |
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1,125 |
3,398 |
| Ethnicity Total |
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34,761 |
100.0% |
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Small Family Homes ** |
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72 |
106 |
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Group Homes * |
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177 |
2,492 |
| RUNAWAY AND
ABDUCTED CHILDREN |
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In Los Angeles County |
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140 |
1,855 |
| Children Who Ran
Away During the Month |
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71 |
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Out-of-County |
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37 |
637 |
| Children Who Were
Abducted During the Month |
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3 |
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| NOTE: Data from DCFS Abducted and Runaway Kids
System - As of 8/7/2011. |
* Data are being tracked by DCFS Group Home Resource
Development and Support |
| A child is counted once during
the report month. |
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** Excluded licensed homes on hold. |
| Source: Data are from the Child Welfare
Services/Case Management |
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| System (CWS/CMS) Datamart
History Table, unless stated otherwise. |
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Prepared by: BIS
Information Technology Services Division - Statistics Section |
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